diff --git a/VoidCat/Model/VoidSettings.cs b/VoidCat/Model/VoidSettings.cs
index 93e2862..09af0a1 100644
--- a/VoidCat/Model/VoidSettings.cs
+++ b/VoidCat/Model/VoidSettings.cs
@@ -5,42 +5,55 @@ namespace VoidCat.Model
     public class VoidSettings
     {
         public string DataDirectory { get; init; } = "./data";
-        
+
         public TorSettings? TorSettings { get; init; }
 
-        public JwtSettings JwtSettings { get; init; } = new("void_cat_internal", "default_key_void_cat_host");
-        
+        public JwtSettings JwtSettings { get; init; } = new()
+        {
+            Issuer = "void_cat_internal",
+            Key = "default_key_void_cat_host"
+        };
+
         public string? Redis { get; init; }
-        
+
         public StrikeApiSettings? Strike { get; init; }
-        
+
         public SmtpSettings? Smtp { get; init; }
 
         public List<Uri> CorsOrigins { get; init; } = new();
-        
+
         public CloudStorageSettings? CloudStorage { get; init; }
-        
+
         public VirusScannerSettings? VirusScanner { get; init; }
     }
 
-    public sealed record TorSettings(Uri TorControl, string PrivateKey, string ControlPassword);
+    public sealed class TorSettings
+    {
+        public Uri TorControl { get; init; }
+        public string PrivateKey { get; init; }
+        public string ControlPassword { get; init; }
+    }
 
-    public sealed record JwtSettings(string Issuer, string Key);
+    public sealed class JwtSettings
+    {
+        public string Issuer { get; init; }
+        public string Key { get; init; }
+    }
 
-    public sealed record SmtpSettings
+    public sealed class SmtpSettings
     {
         public Uri? Server { get; init; }
         public string? Username { get; init; }
         public string? Password { get; init; }
     }
 
-    public sealed record CloudStorageSettings
+    public sealed class CloudStorageSettings
     {
         public bool ServeFromCloud { get; init; }
         public S3BlobConfig? S3 { get; set; }
     }
 
-    public sealed record S3BlobConfig
+    public sealed class S3BlobConfig
     {
         public string? AccessKey { get; init; }
         public string? SecretKey { get; init; }
@@ -49,14 +62,20 @@ namespace VoidCat.Model
         public string? BucketName { get; init; } = "void-cat";
     }
 
-    public sealed record VirusScannerSettings
+    public sealed class VirusScannerSettings
     {
-        public ClamAVSettings? ClamAV { get; init; } 
+        public ClamAVSettings? ClamAV { get; init; }
+        public VirusTotalConfig? VirusTotal { get; init; }
     }
 
-    public sealed record ClamAVSettings
+    public sealed class ClamAVSettings
     {
         public Uri? Endpoint { get; init; }
         public long? MaxStreamSize { get; init; }
     }
-}
+
+    public sealed class VirusTotalConfig
+    {
+        public string? ApiKey { get; init; }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/VoidCat/Program.cs b/VoidCat/Program.cs
index 1d6b6a7..1f426eb 100644
--- a/VoidCat/Program.cs
+++ b/VoidCat/Program.cs
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ if (useRedis)
     services.AddSingleton(cx.GetDatabase());
 }
 
+services.AddHttpClient();
 services.AddCors(opt =>
 {
     opt.AddDefaultPolicy(p =>
diff --git a/VoidCat/Services/VirusScanner/VirusScannerStartup.cs b/VoidCat/Services/VirusScanner/VirusScannerStartup.cs
index a2f4afc..e8072a8 100644
--- a/VoidCat/Services/VirusScanner/VirusScannerStartup.cs
+++ b/VoidCat/Services/VirusScanner/VirusScannerStartup.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using nClam;
 using VoidCat.Model;
 using VoidCat.Services.Abstractions;
+using VoidCat.Services.VirusScanner.VirusTotal;
 
 namespace VoidCat.Services.VirusScanner;
 
@@ -25,6 +26,14 @@ public static class VirusScannerStartup
                     });
                 services.AddTransient<IVirusScanner, ClamAvScanner>();
             }
+
+            // load VirusTotal
+            if (avSettings.VirusTotal != default)
+            {
+                services.AddTransient((svc) =>
+                    new VirusTotalClient(svc.GetRequiredService<IHttpClientFactory>(), avSettings.VirusTotal));
+                services.AddTransient<IVirusScanner, VirusTotalScanner>();
+            }
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/VoidCat/Services/VirusScanner/VirusTotal/VirusTotalClasses.cs b/VoidCat/Services/VirusScanner/VirusTotal/VirusTotalClasses.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dae7857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VoidCat/Services/VirusScanner/VirusTotal/VirusTotalClasses.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,327 @@
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace VoidCat.Services.VirusScanner.VirusTotal;
+
+// Root myDeserializedClass = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Root>(myJsonResponse);
+public class AlertContext
+{
+    [JsonProperty("proto")] public string Proto { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("src_ip")] public string SrcIp { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("src_port")] public int SrcPort { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class CrowdsourcedIdsResult
+{
+    [JsonProperty("alert_context")] public List<AlertContext> AlertContext { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("alert_severity")] public string AlertSeverity { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("rule_category")] public string RuleCategory { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("rule_id")] public string RuleId { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("rule_msg")] public string RuleMsg { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("rule_source")] public string RuleSource { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class CrowdsourcedIdsStats
+{
+    [JsonProperty("high")] public int High { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("info")] public int Info { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("low")] public int Low { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("medium")] public int Medium { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class CrowdsourcedYaraResult
+{
+    [JsonProperty("description")] public string Description { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("match_in_subfile")] public bool MatchInSubfile { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("rule_name")] public string RuleName { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("ruleset_id")] public string RulesetId { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("ruleset_name")] public string RulesetName { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("source")] public string Source { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class ALYac
+{
+    [JsonProperty("category")] public string Category { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("engine_name")] public string EngineName { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("engine_update")] public string EngineUpdate { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("engine_version")] public string EngineVersion { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("method")] public string Method { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("result")] public string Result { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class APEX
+{
+    [JsonProperty("category")] public string Category { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("engine_name")] public string EngineName { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("engine_update")] public string EngineUpdate { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("engine_version")] public string EngineVersion { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("method")] public string Method { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("result")] public string Result { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class AVG
+{
+    [JsonProperty("category")] public string Category { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("engine_name")] public string EngineName { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("engine_update")] public string EngineUpdate { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("engine_version")] public string EngineVersion { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("method")] public string Method { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("result")] public string Result { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class Acronis
+{
+    [JsonProperty("category")] public string Category { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("engine_name")] public string EngineName { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("engine_update")] public string EngineUpdate { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("engine_version")] public string EngineVersion { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("method")] public string Method { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("result")] public object Result { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class LastAnalysisResults
+{
+    [JsonProperty("ALYac")] public ALYac ALYac { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("APEX")] public APEX APEX { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("AVG")] public AVG AVG { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("Acronis")] public Acronis Acronis { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class LastAnalysisStats
+{
+    [JsonProperty("confirmed-timeout")] public int ConfirmedTimeout { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("failure")] public int Failure { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("harmless")] public int Harmless { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("malicious")] public int Malicious { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("suspicious")] public int Suspicious { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("timeout")] public int Timeout { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("type-unsupported")] public int TypeUnsupported { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("undetected")] public int Undetected { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class VirusTotalJujubox
+{
+    [JsonProperty("category")] public string Category { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("confidence")] public int Confidence { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("malware_classification")]
+    public List<string> MalwareClassification { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("malware_names")] public List<string> MalwareNames { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("sandbox_name")] public string SandboxName { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class SandboxVerdicts
+{
+    [JsonProperty("VirusTotal Jujubox")] public VirusTotalJujubox VirusTotalJujubox { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class SigmaAnalysisStats
+{
+    [JsonProperty("critical")] public int Critical { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("high")] public int High { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("low")] public int Low { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("medium")] public int Medium { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class SigmaIntegratedRuleSetGitHub
+{
+    [JsonProperty("critical")] public int Critical { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("high")] public int High { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("low")] public int Low { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("medium")] public int Medium { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class SigmaAnalysisSummary
+{
+    [JsonProperty("Sigma Integrated Rule Set (GitHub)")]
+    public SigmaIntegratedRuleSetGitHub SigmaIntegratedRuleSetGitHub { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class TotalVotes
+{
+    [JsonProperty("harmless")] public int Harmless { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("malicious")] public int Malicious { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class Attributes
+{
+    [JsonProperty("capabilities_tags")] public List<string> CapabilitiesTags { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("creation_date")] public int CreationDate { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("crowdsourced_ids_results")]
+    public List<CrowdsourcedIdsResult> CrowdsourcedIdsResults { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("crowdsourced_ids_stats")]
+    public CrowdsourcedIdsStats CrowdsourcedIdsStats { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("crowdsourced_yara_results")]
+    public List<CrowdsourcedYaraResult> CrowdsourcedYaraResults { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("downloadable")] public bool Downloadable { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("first_submission_date")]
+    public int FirstSubmissionDate { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("last_analysis_date")] public int LastAnalysisDate { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("last_analysis_results")]
+    public LastAnalysisResults LastAnalysisResults { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("last_analysis_stats")] public LastAnalysisStats LastAnalysisStats { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("last_modification_date")]
+    public int LastModificationDate { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("last_submission_date")] public int LastSubmissionDate { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("md5")] public string Md5 { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("meaningful_name")] public string MeaningfulName { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("names")] public List<string> Names { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("reputation")] public int Reputation { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("sandbox_verdicts")] public SandboxVerdicts SandboxVerdicts { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("sha1")] public string Sha1 { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("sha256")] public string Sha256 { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("sigma_analysis_stats")] public SigmaAnalysisStats SigmaAnalysisStats { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("sigma_analysis_summary")]
+    public SigmaAnalysisSummary SigmaAnalysisSummary { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("size")] public int Size { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("tags")] public List<string> Tags { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("times_submitted")] public int TimesSubmitted { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("total_votes")] public TotalVotes TotalVotes { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("type_description")] public string TypeDescription { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("type_tag")] public string TypeTag { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("unique_sources")] public int UniqueSources { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("vhash")] public string Vhash { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class Links
+{
+    [JsonProperty("self")] public string Self { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class File
+{
+    [JsonProperty("attributes")] public Attributes Attributes { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("id")] public string Id { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("links")] public Links Links { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("type")] public string Type { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class Error
+{
+    [JsonProperty("code")]
+    public string Code { get; set; }
+    
+    [JsonProperty("message")]
+    public string Message { get; set; }
+}
+
+// ReSharper disable once InconsistentNaming
+public class VTResponse<T>
+{
+    [JsonProperty("data")] 
+    public T Data { get; set; }
+    
+    [JsonProperty("error")]
+    public Error Error { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class VTException : Exception
+{
+    public VTException(Error error)
+    {
+        Error = error;
+    }
+
+    protected VTException(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context, Error error) : base(info, context)
+    {
+        Error = error;
+    }
+
+    public VTException(string? message, Error error) : base(message)
+    {
+        Error = error;
+    }
+
+    public VTException(string? message, Exception? innerException, Error error) : base(message, innerException)
+    {
+        Error = error;
+    }
+
+    public Error Error { get; }
+}
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diff --git a/VoidCat/Services/VirusScanner/VirusTotal/VirusTotalClient.cs b/VoidCat/Services/VirusScanner/VirusTotal/VirusTotalClient.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09e22f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VoidCat/Services/VirusScanner/VirusTotal/VirusTotalClient.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+using System.Text;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using VoidCat.Model;
+
+namespace VoidCat.Services.VirusScanner.VirusTotal;
+
+public class VirusTotalClient
+{
+    private readonly HttpClient _client;
+
+    public VirusTotalClient(IHttpClientFactory clientFactory, VirusTotalConfig config)
+    {
+        _client = clientFactory.CreateClient();
+
+        _client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://www.virustotal.com/");
+        _client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-apikey", config.ApiKey);
+        _client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("accept", "application/json");
+    }
+
+    public async Task<File?> GetReport(string id)
+    {
+        return await SendRequest<File>(HttpMethod.Get, $"/api/v3/files/{id}");
+    }
+
+    private Task<TResponse> SendRequest<TResponse>(HttpMethod method, string path)
+    {
+        return SendRequest<TResponse, object>(method, path);
+    }
+    
+    private async Task<TResponse> SendRequest<TResponse, TRequest>(HttpMethod method, string path, TRequest? body = null)
+        where TRequest : class
+    {
+        var req = new HttpRequestMessage(method, path);
+        if (body != default)
+        {
+            var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(body);
+            req.Content = new ByteArrayContent(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(json));
+        }
+
+        var rsp = await _client.SendAsync(req);
+        var rspBody = await rsp.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+        var vtResponse = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<VTResponse<TResponse>>(rspBody);
+        if (vtResponse == default) throw new Exception("Failed?");
+        if (vtResponse.Error != default) throw new VTException(vtResponse.Error);
+        
+        return vtResponse.Data;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/VoidCat/Services/VirusScanner/VirusTotal/VirusTotalScanner.cs b/VoidCat/Services/VirusScanner/VirusTotal/VirusTotalScanner.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d15a2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VoidCat/Services/VirusScanner/VirusTotal/VirusTotalScanner.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using VoidCat.Model;
+using VoidCat.Services.Abstractions;
+
+namespace VoidCat.Services.VirusScanner.VirusTotal;
+
+public class VirusTotalScanner : IVirusScanner
+{
+    private readonly ILogger<VirusTotalScanner> _logger;
+    private readonly VirusTotalClient _client;
+    private readonly IFileStore _fileStore;
+
+    public VirusTotalScanner(ILogger<VirusTotalScanner> logger, VirusTotalClient client, IFileStore fileStore)
+    {
+        _logger = logger;
+        _client = client;
+        _fileStore = fileStore;
+    }
+
+    public async ValueTask<VirusScanResult> ScanFile(Guid id, CancellationToken cts)
+    {
+        await using var fs = await _fileStore.Open(new(id, Enumerable.Empty<RangeRequest>()), cts);
+
+        // hash file and check on VT
+        var hash = await SHA256.Create().ComputeHashAsync(fs, cts);
+
+        var report = await _client.GetReport(hash.ToHex());
+        if (report != default)
+        {
+            return new()
+            {
+                IsVirus = report.Attributes.Reputation == 0
+            };
+        }
+
+        throw new InvalidOperationException();
+    }
+}
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